12/28/2022 0 Comments Newer tom and jerry movies suck![]() The last time we did this was in 2014, and to say that the form has produced a number of classics since then would be an understatement. So in honor of Peter Jackson’s Get Back - a new six-episode look back at the Beatles putting together the album Let It Be even as they were beginning to fall apart - we’ve compiled a list of the 70 greatest music documentaries of all time: the concert films, fly-on-the-wall tour chronicles, punk and hip-hop and jazz time capsules, and career assessments of everyone from Amy Winehouse to the Who that have set the standard and stood the test of time. ![]() Not all of them, of course, are created equal. It’s never been easier to make a music documentary these days. And thanks to new access to archives and updated technology, a whole generation of filmmakers have come up learning the art of docu-portraits and genre breakdowns that run the gamut from sub-subgenres to broad stem-to-stern histories of rock, jazz and country-and-western. A number of documentarians saw the advantage of capturing a number of legendary artists and bands in their heyday and/or once-in-a-lifetime performances - partially for posterity, partially for plain old reportage and partially for the second-hand high of it all. In addition to their predator/prey relationship, there’s also a bitter rivalry between the two and anything Tom can do, Jerry can do better. ![]() Luckily for him he’s adept at outsmarting his nemesis Tom. When it comes to historical musical moments, however, there’s nothing like seeing the real thing. Jerry is a wily and resilient mouse whose uber-objective is to stay among the living. The movies have always loved giving actors the chance to play rock star or impersonate an iconic musician/singer, recreating those famous “Eureka!” studio moments and greatest-hits shows for any number of music biopics.
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